As we journey through Lent, Benedictine Abbot Austin G. Murphy probes the question, “How is my Lent going?” He offers four ways in which self-denial can spiritually benefit us, along with some thoughts after each one on how to discern whether or
“Have you ever imagined having a graveyard in your backyard? Something like this is typically done at Benedictine monasteries,” writes Abbot Austin Murphy in a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor. “That is, we often bury our deceased members on the grounds